Thick brick-style beef ribs with a group room: Ubokgeum Saenggalbi
In short
Ubokgeum Saenggalbi Mokpo Namak Branch is a Korean BBQ restaurant in Namak, Muan, Jeollanam-do serving Daegu-style brick beef ribs. A lunchtime drive stop turned into thick-cut fresh beef ribs and water naengmyeon (cold noodles), with staff grilling the meat medium-rare from start to finish, and a 10-seat group room makes it easy for company dinners or family gatherings.
Good to know
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 12:00–24:00, Sat–Sun 11:00–24:00
- Last order
- 23:30
- Parking
- Restaurant building parking lot and nearby public parking lots available
- Seating
- Hall with wide table spacing; 10-seat group room available
- Menu
- Lunch specials: Hanwoo galbitang, hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap set, fresh beef ribs, fresh pork ribs, seasoned ribs, crab jjiglae stew, sides and drinks
- Banchan
- Includes egg custard (steamed egg); extra orders of egg custard cost separately
- Grilling
- Staff grill the meat from start to finish
as written by the visitor on Sep 7, 2026
Location and hours of Ubokgeum Saenggalbi Mokpo Namak Branch
📍27 Daejukseo-ro, Samhyang-eup, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, 104, 105, 106 ho — Ubokgeum Saenggalbi Mokpo Namak Branch
- ⏰Hours: Mon–Fri 12:00–24:00 / Sat–Sun 11:00–24:00 (last order 23:30)
- 🚘Parking: Restaurant building parking lot and nearby public parking lots available
A drive and lunch in Namak
The season for getting outdoors is coming, and the weather felt too good to stay home, so I went on a nearby drive🚗 First stop: a good lunch, so I headed to Ubokgeum Saenggalbi in Namak😋
Turns out Ubokgeum Saenggalbi is already famous in Daegu for its brick-style ribs! The Mokpo Namak branch has a clean interior and the tables are spaced far apart, so it felt comfortable.
A group room for company dinners and family gatherings
There's also a group room, which would be great for a work dinner or family get-together😊
A sign that radiates pride in their meat. You'll understand once you actually taste it👍🏻
What's on the menu?
The menu ranges from the lunch specials — hanwoo galbitang (Korean beef rib soup) and hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap set — to fresh beef ribs, fresh pork ribs, seasoned ribs, crab jjiglae stew, plus various sides and drinks. I thought about doing the Naver review event too, but figured the food I'd already ordered would fill me up, so I held off for now😅
Banchan and egg custard
The spread came with fresh vegetables and scallion salad, wild garlic leaves, scallion kimchi + mustard leaf kimchi, pickled radish, shiitake wasabi sauce and seasoning sauce — all the banchan that bring out the flavor of the meat.
A nice touch: instead of a communal chopstick holder, they hand you a wrapped set of utensils! That kind of attention to detail is lovely✨
Fluffy egg custard is also part of the standard banchan👍🏻 It was so good it felt like a shame to only have it once! Just note that extra servings need to be ordered separately😊
Water naengmyeon boiled fresh to order
We also ordered water naengmyeon (cold noodles) to go with the ribs! Ribs and naengmyeon — obviously a match made in heaven😘 What I loved about the sweet-and-tangy, refreshing cold noodles was that the strands didn't stick together at all! Some restaurants pre-boil their noodles, but Ubokgeum Saenggalbi boils them fresh the moment you order, so they came apart perfectly. Amazing, amazing👍🏻
Thick fresh beef ribs, grilled by staff
Fire it up~~🔥 the blazing hot charcoal arrives!
And then the beautifully glossy fresh beef ribs🥩 Definitely thicker than the ribs I'm used to!
At Ubokgeum Saenggalbi the staff grill the meat from start to finish!!!!!!!!!! Beef ribs especially can easily end up overcooked or burnt if you're not careful, losing their natural flavor — but here the staff grilled ours carefully to a medium-rare finish👍🏻 We just got to sit back and move our chopsticks😂
The glossy, glistening beef rib meat piling up bite by bite🤩 (writing this is making me want to eat it again)
Salt, shiitake wasabi sauce, and pickled radish combo
Dip a piece into salt to taste the ribs at their purest, then straight into your mouth. Tender meat with the juices still alive🤩
Beef ribs with shiitake wasabi sauce and scallion salad — also a winning combo👀
Beef ribs and naengmyeon are forever the best pairing😋 As a pickled radish lover, I gave the ribs a little pickled-radish ride, haha. I especially love that chewy bit stuck to the rib meat🤭
Wrapping the ribs in fresh lettuce is a must too🥬 The lettuce was tender enough that the rib flavor came through fully. Good!
Chopsticks moving nonstop🥢 The soy sauce with chili in it was the real kicker! (a magical sauce that keeps you eating the rib meat)
Menu items I want to try next time
This was a moment to really feel Ubokgeum Saenggalbi's pride firsthand! Juicy rib meat paired with carefully prepared banchan. The beef ribs were so good I suddenly got curious about the rest of the menu. Next visit, I want to try the pork ribs and the crab jjiglae stew. And the yukhoe (beef tartare) too🤗 Eating good food always makes you think of the people you love! I'd love to come back here with my family again❤️ I recommend Ubokgeum Saenggalbi👍🏻
Where it is
27 Daejukseo-ro, Samhyang-eup, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, 104, 105, 106 ho, South Korea전남광주통합특별시 무안군 삼향읍 대죽서로 27 104호, 105호, 106호
